2013 Favourites

This is just a quick look back at some of my favourite products I used in 2013 that I wanted to share with you :) These posts are very common this time of year and most of the products are already very popular and talked about, so you'll probably know what they are! Therefore I won't give each product a little review :) Some of the products I may have been using all year and some I might have only just come across but nonetheless I liked each of them enough to put them in my favourites :) There's also a few little random favourites thrown in at the end for good measure!

Make up

Face:

Primer: Benefit Porefessional 

Concealer: Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection 

Foundation: Rimmel Wake Me Up 

Powder: Rimmel Stay Matte

Cheeks: 

Blush: Benefit Dandelion 

Bronzer: Benefit Hoola 

Highlighter: Benefit High beam

Eyes:

Eyebrows: Rimmel Professional Eyebrow Pencil & Maybelline Brow Drama Sculpting Mascara 

 Eye shadow: Rimmel Scandaleyes Shadow Paint (Golden Bronze)

Mascara: Max Factor False Lash Effect and Soap & Glory Thick and Fast 

Lips:

Balm: It may sound strange, but the Cath Kidston lip balms, they're so good!

Gloss: Rimmel Stay Glossy 

Lipstick: Seventeen Supreme Shine (Barely Blush) 

General  

Perfume: Katy Perry Killer Queen 

Shampoo & Conditioner: Herbal Essences Beautiful Ends (I swear by this stuff now!) 

Make Up Brand: Rimmel
Make Up Brushes: Real Techniques (Why have I only just discovered these?)

Bath, Shower & Body Brand: Soap & Glory and Lush
Shop: New Look
TV Soap: Hollyoaks 

Writing this post was really fun as I found so many products in my make up box that I'd forgotten about! None of them made it in to my favourites though, which is probably why I'd forgotten about them. I'm looking forward to finding new favourites to show you soon.

What were your favourites this year? :)

Byebye xx 

Christmas & New Year

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a super amazing Christmas and ate as much food as possible! This year I had a small Christmas with my Mum, Sister & Gran which was really nice as it was our first Christmas in our new home. I really enjoyed finding new places for the decorations and receiving lovely Christmas cards from our new neighbours - some of which we haven't even met yet! It just shows what a lovely community we have moved to. Our living room is considerably smaller here than our old one and so finding room for the tree was... fun. But obviously you have to have a tree at Christmas so we managed! :) 
I think my favourite part of Christmas this year was giving my Mum & Sister their presents. As I have been saving money each month since starting my new job in the summer I was able to buy them both super nice presents, most of which I didn't actually want to give away! But they deserve them and seeing them open them on Christmas morning was completely worth it. :)

I received some really lovely gifts that I am soo grateful for and I just wanted to quickly share them with you! I'm really not boasting or trying to show off they just make me so excited that I had to share them with you! 
I won't write loads about them, there's not really much to tell. :)

*Bling bling bling* 

 Silver and Rose Gold Lipsy Watch 

Cath Kidston backpack for college :)

Benefit - Groovy kind-a-love 

 These two are the same thing obviously but the pictures wouldn't sit next to each other for some reason.  I just wanted to show the outside and inside of the tin because its soo cool. Really excited to use this one! 

 Soap and Glory - The Yule Monty. 
Lets just take a moment to appreciate how pretty the bag is to start with! All the products on the right didn't come in the bag, I received some products from relatives which was so nice of them. So I put them all in the bag :) I've also just remembered there was a lip gloss and mascara in with the Yule Monty but I forgot to put them in the picture, oopsy. 

I hope you all received lovely gifts and enjoyed Christmas! 

New Year

Because it's now the 27th when I'm writing this New Years Eve is obviously around the corner. Hopefully 2014 will be an amazing year for everyone. I personally think that 2014 sounds like a good year, so lets hope it is. It will also be the first proper year of this blog, so I'm excited for what's going to unfold! :) 

Have an amazing evening/night whatever your plans are. :) 

Byebye xx